Do you feel a little sad about losing your last name?

View Quoted Comment Just make your signature illegible. It’s worked for me for the past 10 years 😂 I’m not changing my name anyway. I’m a physician so it’s virtually impossible for me to. I’ll likely let people call me “mrs so and so” socially but legally I’m not doing an ounce of paperwork.

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Very cool! I work with one as well, but I know more Daniels in general.

This was my 2nd marriage and I was SUPER happy to change my name lol. I was super happy the first time as well since I hated my maiden name. I was always picked on for it and never felt a close connection to it. I kept my married name when I got divorced because my son had it and well I couldn't imagine going back to my horrible maiden name. My son was a bit sad when I told him I was taking on a different name but he understood and quickly realized it wasn't going to change anything else. My new name is pretty simple but I love that it's more unique that my last name from my previous marriage.

I had debated for awhile after getting divorced of trying to figure out a different last name entirely because it just felt weird still having my married last name but hated my maiden name. The struggle was real. I'm so glad my new DH had a name I love lol. He actually had a hyphenated last name and I told him I'd only take the part that was his mom's maiden name since his dad was an absentee dad and I'll likely never meet him so he also decided to change his name and drop that part. Now his ex wife is the only one out there with his hyphenated name ha

I feel the exact same way 😭😭 so I’m dropping my middle names and making my last name my middle name

View Quoted Comment That’s what I’m doing as well! Still a little sad cover the change—it’s bittersweet (also going from A to W in the alphabet 😭 lol).

YES. Deep down I always knew I'd change it when I got married, but I wasn't dying to change it. My husband's last name is odd, he's not close to any of his dad's family, and tbh some of the girls on his dad's side that I now have the same last name of are a little crazy.. but I changed it anyways.

In my case not at all. This is my second marriage, and I currently have my ex husband's last name. I did miss my maiden name for a bit, i've had my exes last name longer than I had my maiden name. I'll be happy to be Mrs. Adams

Nope not the slightest honey lol !!

Funny story tho my last name is my father's mother maiden name that was passed to my father and all 6 of his children. The rest of my grandmother children has the last name Thompson from her husband. My FH last name is Thompson (no relation to my family) so to me it's funny that my name is vivian Butler like my father's mother and I am marrying someone with the last name Thompson like my grandmother and my name will be changed by marriage

Nope! I'm excited to end that chapter of my life and start a new one. I was bullied a lot growing up, and the telemarketers could never pronounce it. I love my parents dearly, just not my last name.

I don't look as Mexican as I am so I'm sad to lose Ortega but I like the way Rachael Piper sounds so much that I'm not too torn up about it

I kept my maiden name as a second middle name because I didn't want to lose either of my names! BUT my married name is much simpler and more common than my maiden. Today was the first day since changing it that I had to give it out to a stranger and it was literally heaven to not have to spell it out!!

I never gave my maiden name much thought growing up, even when i got engaged i always knew id change my last name....then my dad passed away suddenly in 2017 and then geneology became a large hobby of mine. So this year ive really had a sad feeling knowing that i wont have my dads last name any longer. I still will change my last name to my fh. I want us to have the same last name, and when we have children i want to have the same last name as well

Nope, I will be flad. No one can spell it correctly or say it right.

I was just talking about this before i came on WW! I will be getting my last name tattooed above my heart in Thai (my last name is Thai) but i am excited for the new change and can not wait. My children think i have the same last names as them and their father (FH) but soon it’ll be official

I’ve decided to take his last name. I don’t mind losing my maiden name since I don’t talk to my father or his family, but I am a little sad that I won’t get to (legally) take my mom’s last name. I’ve been using it on socials since my parents got divorced and always intended on legally changing it, but they got divorced when I was 18. My fiancé and I met when I was 20 and officially started dating when I was 22, so it didn’t make sense after a while to go through the legal process of changing it and spend the money on the fees. So I’ll be taking his last name, because growing up I always liked that my family shared a name and I want that for our kids too. But I feel you! It’s a transition and it’s strange and exciting and a little nostalgic.

Yes, I can't do it. We already got and paid for the marriage license. On it, I had changed my maiden name to my middle name and took my FH name as my last name. But, I'm going to have to go back and change it, so that I have two last names instead🤷‍♀️ I just can't do it.

I’m more than a little sad. Both sides of my family had the same last name, so EVERYONE I was related to had my last name. I was especially close to my grampa (mom’s dad), and I’m close to my dad now. So I’m doubly attached to my name and I guess, double sad to lose it. I wasn’t going to change it but lately I’ve been thinking I want to have the same name as my (soon to be) husband. I think I’m going to put my maiden name as a second middle name. It’ll never get used but I’ll know it’s there at least. FH has been good about not pressuring me or trying to sway my decision. I think he’ll actually be shocked when I do change it.

I’ll be a little sad to change my last name. It’s part of me. It’s very unique. My nickname “Jelli” is half of my last name. I wonder if people will still use that nickname? There will be lots of adjustments at work too; email address, signing letters, my boss is Lisa Marie too so we go by our nicknames... *sigh*. I’m excited for my new last name tho!

A little bit, actually. My last name is Lawley and his is Fisher.

In past relationships I wanted to hyphenate my name but now I'm okay with taking FH last name without doing that.

I guess part of it is just being so close to family and what my last name means to me. However, I'm ready for the next chapter in life- New last name and all!

I'm so glad you posted this, I will 37 when i get married. I am not close to my father at all. He abandoned us when i was 14, i honestly feel like it was sooner but the divorce wasnt finalize until i was 14. My dad was never there for me and i really have no attachment to my last name. I was even planning on changing it. But now that I am close to getting married, it does hurt me a little. Its been my identity all my life. All my students know me as this last name. So its just learning to let it go. I'm glad im not the only one feeling this way.